Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, I Class Star, C.1855 Newly Listed Constructed of a multi-coloured cotton

Constructed of a multi-coloured cotton blend displaying the tri-colours of the Italian flag

the center obverse presenting a “FJ” on a white enamel field within a Gold border

Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

The last two years he resided in Duncan

where he was to serve for almost one year

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, I Class Star, C.1855 Newly Listed Constructed of a multi-coloured cotton(Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted in 1805. Re established in 1815. Type II (1838 1860). Displaying an early design in a reduced size, a very scarce eight pointed silver star with smooth rays and pebbled frame, obverse featuring a centrepiece in Gold presenting a superposed central Iron Crown with details of multi coloured enamels also in Gold, on a pebbled Gold background surrounded by an enameled blue broad ring inscribed AVITA ET AUCTA (Inherit